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0 pointsJumpCrisscross13d ago0 comments

> Both Alphabet/Google and Amazon have invested recently into Anthropic and are doing all sorts of financial chicanery

bko didn’t say there isn’t circular financing going on. They’re just saying this isn’t an example of it. They’re right.

It’s a potential conflict of interest. And if the agreement is fake—if Google cancels without paying the cash—it could be market manipulation. But the influencer space likes to latch onto jargon, and the one it’s overapplying right now is circular financing.

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oblio13d ago· 2 in thread

Did I say it was circular financing? I said "financial chicanery". I even included a link to a video explaining said financial chicanery.

What are you even going on about?

JumpCrisscrossOP13d ago

The comment you’re responding to and the comment above it are about circular financing. It’s reasonably to assume that’s the same chicanery you’re talking about; expecting everyone to watch a random video to understand your comment is unreasonable.

oblio13d ago

I listed a bunch of data points that make no sense (profits spiking 50% in a non-Christmas quarter for companies) and weren't directly tied[1] to the circular financing.

[1] They're indirectly tied to it.

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